Re: 2013 Fake Poster Thread

Originally Posted by travelfan

To make a (semi) realistic poster...

1. Download a free graphic design program, I used Gimp.
2. Drop a Coachella poster of your choice into the program. Use the paint brush to brush out all text, and if the poster is multi-colored (like 2012), use a gradient brush and go line by line, selecting colors that are in the back of each line of font. It might look a little janky, but when you put text over it you won't really notice.
3. Bring the poster into iPhoto. Change the tone, exposure, etc. of the blank poster until you get the color and vibe you are looking for.
4. Next, use Word. Drop the edited photo in, and use WordArt boxes to write text on top of the Coachella photo. Use the Eurostile font, play with different sizes for different billed names, and use the "circle" from Symbols to make the dot between names.

There you have it. Took me only a couple hours over a week to make mine, and I had never used a graphic design program before so most of that time was spent figuring out how to do certain things. If you have, it should be child's play. I was surprised how simple it was.

I will literally get nothing done for the rest of the day. Thanks a lot.

Re: 2013 Fake Poster Thread

Originally Posted by Rolwolf

I will literally get nothing done for the rest of the day. Thanks a lot.

Have at it. Also, use the color (or closest one) of the little date boxes for the "dot" colors, as they virtually always match. And always make "the" and "and" smaller than the line font, and make sure you have the right number of Sahara acts. Blocking out the main Main/Outdoor/Sahara/night Mojave slots gave me the right "starpower" for the billed lines since I was aiming for realism, and for billing I used a combination of Last.Fm listeners and Facebook like (Last.fm for indie stuff, Facebook for Sahara cheese) but made exceptions, especially for overseas acts, rare acts, and acts that had a million+ listeners but are not really that relevant anymore (The Bravery). You'll have a blast.

Re: 2013 Fake Poster Thread

Originally Posted by nbvcide

it's not just Coachella.

Bonnaroo:
Jack Johnson billed over Robert Plant, Phil Lesh, Allman Brothers, Willie Nelson, and BB King
Yeah Yeah Yeahs & Andrew Bird above Merle Haggard
Skrillex and Aziz Ansari (the guy from Parks & Rec) over Alice Cooper
Widespread Panic over White Stripes
they billed The Strokes and Mumford & Sons on the 3rd line the same year Strokes co-headlined Coachella
(billed 12th overall at roo, 4th at chella)
of course, they billed David Bryne above Snoop Dogg (who co-headlined Coachella), Al Green, Elvis Costello. which gives even more reason to bill him lower.
Black Keys (as a subheadliner) billed above Neil Young (and also Buffalo Springfield)
and they billed the Beach Boys under that band that does that 'Creep' song..

Lollapalooza:
The Killers over Beastie Boys and over Jane's Addiction twice
Kings of Leon over Lou Reed
Ben Harper over Iggy & the Stooges
Snow Patrol over Patti Smith

i could go on and on and on...

Originally Posted by nbvcide

Really?! you're gonna tell me you've never noticed Coachella booking legends below hipster bands with 1 or 2 albums? especially solo acts? Look, tell me the last time the act that played the Outdoor at sunset that was on the first 2 lines, cuz i'm fairly certain it's never happened. Outdoor sunset acts are usually 3rd or even 4th lines, so the booking fits.

Solo acts are never billed as high as the group they are most known for:
Pulp subheadlined, but Jarvis Cocker was on the, you guessed it, third line. (not to mention Outdoor sunset)
Gorillaz headlined, Blur was 2nd line, but Damon Albarn's The Good The Bad & The Queen was yup, third line.
Faith No More subheadlined, but Mike Patton was on the 5th line
Rage Against The Machine headlined, but Zach's One Day As A Lion was 4th line (& Tom Morello 6th).
Oasis headlined, but Noel Gallagher was 2nd line (under Bon Iver and David Guetta)
Bright Eyes subheadlined, but Conor Oberst was 3rd line

MIA over Chem Bros, Madness third line under M83 and Amon Tobin, Buzzcocks 5th line after A$AP Rocky, Erykah Badu third line under Steve Angello, Duran Duran 2nd line under The Strokes, Sven Vath third line under Axwell, Air & Happy Mondays 2nd line over Willie Nelson & Crowded House & the Roots, Vampire Weekend billed 3rd over the Specials and Echo & the Bunnymen and Johnny Rotten's Public Image Ltd, MGMT over Devo, Lupe Fiasco 3rd line over Public Enemy's 4th line, Booker T billed 5th line under Turbonegro, Mumford & Sons billed 2nd line, over the London Suede & Big Audio Dynamite & Erykah Badu & Bright Eyes. Is Throbbing Gristle bigger than X? No. But it's a bigger get (even if it proved to not be a draw, at all).

Jeff Mangum third line, under Miike Snow
Lauryn Hill third line, under Interpol
Noel Gallagher under Bon Iver
Les Claypool 5th line, under Major Lazer, Dirty Projectors, Gossip
Paul Weller (of The Jam) 3rd line, under Lupe Fiasco and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Bob Mould (of Husker Du) 6th line, under Para One & Surkin and the Bloody Beetroots
all solo artists known for the bands they used to perform with, all billed low.

Leonard Cohen, 3rd line (under Franz Ferdinand). Is Eddie Vedder solo or even David Bryne bigger than Cohen? No, i wouldn't say so. You could make the case that Vedder & Byrne are bigger than the solo acts listed above (i would disagree), and I would counter that the acts listed higher than Vedder & Byrne are bigger than those acts that were listed ABOVE the above solo acts. Not to mention that they'd all be bigger draws (if not gets) than Vedder & Byrne. Be honest, how many there would give a fuck about Vedder's solo album? Or David Byrne's solo work? Everyone there would be waiting for those 2 or 3 Pearl Jam/Talking Heads songs and you know it. And the whole board would bitch how awful the set was if they didn't.

Re: 2013 Fake Poster Thread

You quoted that tl:dr meaning you read it, jokes on you bucko.

Any fake poster should have tool on saturday night, lock it up.

"How long will this last, this delicious feeling of being alive, of having penetrated the veil which hides beauty and the wonders of celestial vistas? It doesn't matter, as there can be nothing but gratitude for even a glimpse of what exists for those who can become open to it."

Re: 2013 Fake Poster Thread

I am not nearly well enough versed in the indy rock scene to make a semi realistic poster.

"How long will this last, this delicious feeling of being alive, of having penetrated the veil which hides beauty and the wonders of celestial vistas? It doesn't matter, as there can be nothing but gratitude for even a glimpse of what exists for those who can become open to it."

Re: 2013 Fake Poster Thread

You're taking way too much effort to respond to one comment. No one give s a fuck about your examples. Some of them are just fucking ridiculous.

I get your sentiment. But the fact that you are a complete dolt and taking way too much effort in this discussion makes you unbearable.

30min is too much effort to put into a couple posts in a thread that consists wholly of fake posters created by boardies? wow. that would yield pretty shitty posters with less than 30min worth of effort. Unless you're saying that making fake posters is a waste of time. It's a much better use of time to post in a hundred different threads telling everyone they're idiots, rather than explain it in one.

It's a much better use of time if it's short and meaningless, like all of your posts.

Re: 2013 Fake Poster Thread

Well, they're also not really a touring band, they're a protest group. Even if they don't go to jail, I don't think they're being let out of the country, and if they do, they're probably not coming to a big outdoor festival.

Re: 2013 Fake Poster Thread

Pussy riot would headline

"How long will this last, this delicious feeling of being alive, of having penetrated the veil which hides beauty and the wonders of celestial vistas? It doesn't matter, as there can be nothing but gratitude for even a glimpse of what exists for those who can become open to it."

Re: 2013 Fake Poster Thread

Originally Posted by Drinkey McDrinkerstein

I liked Tweekend..."Name Of The Game" was a pretty bad-ass, as was the video. But you are pretty much correct.

Their radio show on Indie 103.1 was great, but other than that, nothing. There also seemed to be a long period where they were doing nothing but DJ sets for years everytime I saw them booked for something.